Image is taken from the National Mutual building on the corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, looking east towards Grenville St. Has an ESCo tram with blinds drawn nearing the intersection. The tramcar number could be 12, 13 or 18. There are a number of horse drawn cabs in the photograph. The Burns statue is on the left side. There are telegraph/telephone poles in the photograph along with the buildings on either side of the streetYields information about Sturt Street east of Lydiard St.Black and white postcard with a green (18mm wide) border acting as a frame to the postcard picture. The picture measures 50mm High x 98mm wide. Has a Victorian Two Pence stamp with a "168" cancellation stamp. The card has been published by the Commonwealth of Australia with a coat of Arms. In the bottom left hand corner is a symbol "HB" within an artists paint palette.On rear is a note to a Miss Audersau of Launceston.sturt st, grenville st, esco, horse cabs, trams, tramways, ballarat

Photo shows one of the tramcars originally built for The North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Co Ltd in 1906 and subsequently fitted with a windscreeen by the MMTB. Based on Reg Item 6370, photo possilby late 1940. See Reg Item 5758 for a photo of the tram as a Freight Car, 1950. Vicsig.net - 1938 (Converted to spare freight car, bad accident in 1947 and scrapped 1950.)Yields information about U class trams.Black and White photograph of MMTB U 206 Preston Workshops. On rear in ink - "MMTB U 206 Preston WS – RWO Pearson"tramways, trams, u class, preston workshops, u 206

Booklet or pamphlet - titled "Comeng Z3 Tram" detailing the design, features, construction and equipment on Comeng tramcars including the monometer on each bogie, braking, interior seating, control systems, technical information. Equipment by AEG-Telefunken. Has photos of 117 and 120 in service and 119 on front cover. Book c1980, first car into service 116 in Sept. 1979, 120 late December 1979. Yields information about the Comeng built Z3 trams used in Melbourne.Booklet or pamphlet - 12 A4 pages + card cover, full colour.trams, tramways, z3 class, comeng, new trams, aeg

Photographs show X1 461 when new and men boarding or leaving the tramcar to illustrate the step height. The photos show a driver in position and the MMTB 2B Truck. The tram has the destination of depot. The tram entered service early Sept. 1926. Photographed at Hanna St South Melbourne depot. Note also the Driver's uniform of the day. See item 7401 for an internal photograph.Yields information about the X1 class tramcar when new.Set of tthree Black and White photographsOn the rear has the stamp of G J Fraser of 154 Little Collins Street Melbourne.tramcars, x1 class, tram 461, new tramcars, mmtb, hanna st depot, south melbourne, unifoms, trams

Yields information about Bendigo and Ballarat tramcars and tramways - personal notes.Notebook titled "Bendigo Tramways" formed from a larger note book - with other pages torn from the centre as well, ruled paper. Each page that had been written on has been imaged. Cover - title 1 & 2 - notes re Bendigo tramcars, original No. 1, use of white discs 3 & 4 - notes re Bendigo routes 5 & 6 - Notes re Bendigo tramcars, trucks, controllers and the summer cars. 7 - note re tram 123 ex Melbourne and first public run - 17/12/1945 10 - notes ret original Ballarat electric tramcars 20 - Ask MrNaught re dates cars sold, C class and Birney trams in Bendigo 27 & 28 - notes re tram stops in Ballarat 29 - ditto rear cover - Office Manager in Ballarat - Mr. E. C. Kirton, since 15/7/1953. Contained originally within Reg Item 5623 at the front of this note book. For items see btm5623 loose items list.pdf. trams, tramways, bendigo, ballarat, tramcars

Advertising Poster for use in Tramcars printed on heavy cardboard - titled "Get around on The Met" giving fares (Full and concession) for Two Hour Tickets, Daily Travelcards, Short Trip tickets and City Saver trips effective July 1987. Has the Met logo in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, the met, fares, tickets, melbourne

Pamphlet - DL three fold, printed on manilla coloured heavy paper, brown ink, titled "Return to Yesterday", advertising horse tram rides on an 1888 vintage tramcar at Bylands. Gives details of the location, when, membership and photographs of the tram and the site - made by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria - TMSV.trams, tramways, tmsv, bylands, horse trams

Tour notes - photocopy double sided A4, titled "Welcome to the PTC's Preston Tram Workshop" giving a short history of the Workshops, tramcar building, variety of work, current workload and staffing numbers. Prepared by John Prideaux of the Machine shop c1985 for a tour. On the rear has a workshop layout plan.trams, tramways, tours, preston workshops

Specification or report - 6 A4 pages, photocopied titled "A class tram - Melbourne, Australia". Gives the detail of the tramcar, classification, developers (builders and suppliers), description, history, vehicle performance, dimensions, suspension, propulsion, braking, electrical and control systems and body specifications and a list of work done at Preston Workshops.trams, tramways, a class, commonwealth engineering, comeng, aeg, duwag, bogies, the met, new trams

Report - four pages - stapled in top left hand corner, titled "PCC - by F R Thompson", describing the control systems in a PCC tramcar, eg No. 980. Refers to drawings that are not included. Describes the control circuits, car drive, equipment, electric brakes, emergency dynamic braking, and service braking.trams, tramways, tramcars, controllers, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, motors, electric traction, pcc

Black and white photograph of W5 832 and SW5 847, stored with many other tramcars in Dandenong Road during the reconstruction of the Malvern Tram Depot lead, 14/9/1969. Taken by Chris Phillips, printed on Kodak Paper. Tram 832 has an a drivers panel advertisement for Gauloises Cigarettes.On the rear in black ink "14/9/69"trams, tramways, mmtb, malvern depot, dandenong rd, trackwork, tram 816

Set of two photos: 1 - "Milly" Dorothy Boundy standing in the drop centre of a W2 class tramcar. Alongside can be seen a sailor in uniform and the driver looking from his compartment. Appears to be a summer scene during the mid 1940s as she is not wearing a jacket and possibly holding a ticket punch in her right hand. 2 - standing alongside a Victorian Railways bus or coach - Mount Buller service?Has a close association with wartime conductress "Milly" BoundySet of two black and white photographsOn rear of one photo has "Cath?"tramways, conductresses, w2 class, buses, vr buses, tramcars, interior

Set of photographs taken of the first women employed on SEC tramways in Geelong: as conductresses in 1942 (Also see items 1958 and 1960). They are standing in front of a Duncan & Fraser tramcar that, perversely, was modified for 'one man' operation about ten years previously. On the tram saloon window behind them, people are being encouraged to lend to the war effort through War Savings Certificates. Note the four button coats.Black and white print on paper.The No. 1 in a circle written on the reverse in ink. GRS710/21/1/5 and 21-5, written in pencil on the reverse.geelong tramway first conductresses, duncan and fraser tramcar, geelong tramway uniform four button jacket

Titled "Tram Routes showing destination numbers". Map dated June 1992 and has been printed with The Met logo. Shows routes with route numbers, names of main destinations, roads, railway stations and rail lines, rivers, scales and Zones. Does not have the CBD insert. Same size as that of item 1099, a 1972 version. Type of map that was placed on the rear of the driver's doors of a W Class tramcar.Demonstrates a The Met produced map used in trramcars.Full colour map or poster printed on paper trimmed from original map and mounted on cardboard.Has some pen marks in the bottom left hand corner.trams, tramways, map, routes, the met

Set of photographs taken of the first women employed on SEC tramways in Geelong; as conductresses in 1942 (Also see Item 9258 and 9261). They are standing in front of a Duncan & Fraser tramcar that, perversely, was modified for 'one man' operation about ten years previous. On the tram saloon window behind then, people are being encouraged to lend to the war effort through War Savings Certificates. Note the four button jackets.Black and white print on paper.GRS710/21/1/4 and 21-4 Repeat, written on the reverse in pencil. Spare written on reverse in ink.geelong tramways conductresses, sec tramways geelong, duncan and frazer tramcar

Set of photographs taken of the first women employed on SEC tramways in Geelong; as conductresses in 1942. (See also Item 9260 and 9261). They are standing in front of a Duncan and Fraser tramcar that, perversely, was modified for 'one man' operation about ten years previously. On the tram saloon window behind them, people are being encouraged to lend to the war effort through War Savings Certificates. Note the four button coats.Black and white print on paper.The No. 2 inside a circle and 21-1 printed in ink on the reverse. GSR710/21/1/1 printed on the reverse in pencil.geelong tramways, duncan and fraser tramcar, first geelong female conductresses, tramway four button uniform jacket

Set of three letters written to Bob Lilburn regarding Ballarat matters. .1 - Dave Macartney - 2-12-1990 - re the Ballarat Tramcar restaurant and the bodies that were used, advertising on tram 40 (a perineal topic of Bobs'), ESCo No. 12 body. Written on the back of "Keystone Movies" letterhead which was operated by Dave. .2 - Dave Macartney - 29-3-1992 - W2's at Balkistons yard and the removal of the two (W2 552 and 625) and scrapped from the Tramcar Restaurant on Macarthur and Drummond St North. .3 - Dave Macartney - 20-6-1993 - regarding ESCo 16, that featured in The Courier 1971 and its location - located in Haddon and burnt after 1971.trams, tramways, letters, esco, w2 class

Series of four Black and white photographs of tram 26 on No. 2 road at the BTPS Depot, undergoing replacement of the broken frame on the Brill 21E truck. The tramcar record sheets note that the car was lifted 15-3-1975 and lower 27-7-1975 and tested on the same day. Seems to have re-entered service on 28/9/1975. .1 - on the front of the road, with a "Defective Not for Service" sign. .2 - car on jacks being either lifted or lowered. .3 - tramcar body lifted showing the word to replace the side frame underway, has the good and broken side frame in the view. .4 - tram being either lifted or lowered - with Rolf Jinks in the view. trams, tramways, btps, depot, brill trucks, maintenance, tram 26

Black and White scan or Bromide copy of a photograph of Ballaarat Tramway Company horse tram No. 5 outside the Vine Hotel in Macarthur St, Ballarat on the corner with Creswick Road. Has A. Ronald's Vine Hotel in the background with a Vine Hotel advertisement on the modesty board of the tramcar. Has a number of passengers, including ladies on the top deck and around the tramcar and hotel. Original of photograph from Harris House of Photography. Collected by Alan Bradley from the State Library of South Australia early 1980's. Used in The Golden City and its Tramways - page 29. 3792.1 - black and white photograph print of above - added 29/7/2007, ex Alan Bradley collection of photographs 5/2007.tramways, trams, horse trams, vine hotel, macarthur st, advertisements, tram 5

Provides information about the company and its history that built many of the tram bodies within the BTM collection and photographsBox - 268 pages within blue colour soft covers titled "Duncan & Fraser Ltd. 'Legacies Left Untold' ", written and published by David Chantrell of Adelaide, 2008. Details the story of the coach building firm of Duncan and Fraser of Adelaide who built horse drawn vehicles, horse trams, electric tramcar bodies, motor cars and other vehicles. Tells the story of the company from its founding days, the family and people involved, the conversion to motor car manufacturing and its demise when the Ford Motor car company commenced manufacturing in Geelong. Details known D&F tramcars, provides some lists of existing bodies. Has a copy of the letter that accompanied the book by the authortrams, tramways, duncan fraser, tramcar construction, ford motor company, motor vehicles

Book - "Destination City" - paper covers - 44 pages - centre stapled - with sub title "A Pictorial Review of Melbourne's Tramcars", priced at 4/-, published by Traction Publications of Brighton Beach in 1960, 2nd Edition. Two colour cover - blue with black. Describes Melbourne's MMTB tram car fleet. Includes brief description of each type, photographs and a summary history. Has many photographs of the various tramcars associated with relevant text. On front cover, has photo of 1003. On back cover is a map of Melbourne tramways drawn in 1960. Note: For a note regarding the editions - see page 3 (image i4) 2nd copy from the McComb Collection added 31-12-2016.Has "Technical Book & Magazine Co" stamp on the front cover and ink marks on rear cover with some underlining of places.trams, tramways, melbourne, tramcars, mmtb

Contains notes on the following tram systems. Brisbane - includes notes on photographs Rockhampton steam Sydney Tram Depots NSW Tramways tramcars - notes on each class and work vehicles Birmingham including two cuttings about the closure of Birmingham dated 31-3-1939 London Passenger Transport Board - one page Bristol - closure and damage. Sheffield History of the Tramcar Victorian Railways - St Kilda Brighton Electric Street Railway Sandringham to Black Rock MMTB Cable trams and opening dates Opening dates for the tramway routes in Melbourne to 1921 News Paper cuttings on Doncaster Newspaper cutting - cable trams "Cable Trams.....clang into history" by Hugh Murphy History and Development to 1943 - Brisbane Trams by G. R. Steel (half page only) Perth Tramways Adelaide Municipal Tramways Trust notes South Africa Trams Wellington Corporation Tramways (NZ) Tramways in Soviet Russia World's Largest Tram Systems - July 1938Demonstrates the work of Wal Jack in recording tramway information.Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "W. Jack Tramways No. 1" lined pages, four sections each of 10 sheets, (80 pages), stitched bound. trams, tramways, tramways, sydney, brisbane, vr, melbourne, cable trams

Journal of Australian Electric Traction Association, Volume XIX, No. 2, February 1964, 16 pages. History of document: Part of 'Basil Miller Collection'. Cover picture of a recent addition to the Brisbane tramcar fleet, No. 550 passes pre-war drop centre 335 on the passing loop before Bardon terminus.Pub: Australian Electric Traction Associaion, Printer: O'Loughlin Bros. Pty. Ltd., Sydney, NSWdocument

Yields information about a tour by a Melbourne private schools tour to Ballarat in 1961 and the costs.Top part of a booking form, Gestener printed, for a tour to Ballarat - "Victorian School Railway Clubs' Association - Ballarat Tram Tour", for the 23/7/1961. Gives details of the tour, trains, and times. J.R. Brady noted as Secretary. See Reg Item 7092 for a report on the tour and 2137 for a photograph of the tramcar.trams, tramways, tours, vsrca, ballarat, booking form

Folded foolscap sheet - white paper - printed using the Gestetner duplicating process - form - published by the TMSV seeking financial assistance to preserve some tramcars from Ballarat and Bendigo. Nominates Bendigo 17, 11, 5 and 25 and Ballarat 17. Has on the rear, a sheet to be filled in to donate money for the appeal.trams, tramways, tmsv, closure, preservation

Photocopy of a four page document, onto two A3 sheets, titled "Tramway Construction and Equipment", produced by Duncan and Fraser, c1887 as it notes Ballarat's horse tramways . Promotion document detailing Duncan and Fraser's premises, Adelaide, track, economics, horse tramcars, depots, horses, rails, sleepers and tram route.trams, tramways, horse trams, adelaide, duncan fraser, ballarat

Poster, paper mounted or glued to cardboard sheet for use in tramcars - titled "First and Last Trams and Buses", for the MMTB giving details of First and last trams for each routes for tram and bus route, weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays with some additional details. Dated Oct 1960. Printed by Sands and McDougall Melbourne.trams, tramways, timetables, mmtb, posters, buses, routes

Newspaper clipping from The Sun, 29 May 1987, titled "City's charm on the line!" about the place of trams in Melbourne at the time, The Met, Hong Kong tramcars, tourism, Light Rail development, Art Trams. Written by James Hutchinson, notes that it was taken from Singapore Airlines magazine "Silver Kris"trams, tramways, melbourne, restaurant tram, tourism, public transport, the met, hong kong, tram 793

Pamphlet - cut out from card with a hanging function or link for use on tramcar strap hanging rails, titled "Special Event Services", for the 2020 Grand Prix, produced by Yarra Trams and PTV. Information about extra tram service and contact numbers for queries. QR code for scanning for more information.trams, tramways, grand prix, yarra trams, pamphlets, events